Critical Thinking Quiz 2

Instructions | This quiz consist of 20 multiple choice questions and covers the material in the second half of Chapter 9. Be sure you are in Chapter 9 when you take the quiz. | * Question 1
5 out of 5 points | | | Of course animals have rights. Just look at how powerless they are in comparison with modern humans.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Circular reasoning | | | | | * Question 2
5 out of 5 points | | | The Book of Mormon is true because it was written by Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith wrote the truth because he was divinely inspired. We know that Joseph Smith was divinely inspired because the Book of Mormon says that he was, and the Book of Mormon is true.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Circular reasoning | | | | | * Question 3
5 out of 5 points | | | Rhubarb pie is a dessert. Therefore, whoever eats rhubarb pie eats a dessert.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | No fallacy | | | | | * Question 4
5 out of 5 points | | | Televangelist Jerry Falwell said that God's anger with feminism led to the destruction of the World Trade Center. Given Falwell's closeness to God, we have no alternative than to blame the feminists for this atrocity.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Authority | | | | | * Question 5
5 out of 5 points | | | Either we have prayer in our public schools or the moral fabric of society will disintegrate. The choice should be obvious.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Either/Or Fallacy | | | | | * Question 6
5 out of 5 points | | | People are driving their cars like maniacs tonight. There must be a full moon.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Post hoc ergo propter hoc | | | | | * Question 7
5 out of 5 points | | | A woman's place is in the home. That's the way it's always…...

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“Critical thinking is the systematic evaluation or formulation of beliefs, or statements, by rational standards.”
• It’s systematic because it involves distinct procedures and methods (not just gut feelings).
• It’s used to evaluate existing beliefs and formulate new ones.
• It evaluates beliefs in terms of how well they are supported by reasons.
Key Terms:
Assertion/Statement - A declarative sentence that is intended to make a claim of some sort. Sometimes these are called statements or propositions. eg.I am taller than you, It is raining, She will win the race.
Premise- A statement that is offered in support of a conclusion
Conclusion - A statement that is held to be supported by a premise or premises
eg. All whales are mammals. Moby Dick is a whale. Moby Dick is a mammal.
Argument- a set of statements one of which (the conclusion) is taken to be supported by the remaining statements (the premises).
• The conclusion is what the speaker wants you to accept.
• The premises state the reasons or evidence for accepting the conclusion.
Inference- is the process of reasoning from a premise (or premises) to a conclusion (or conclusions) based on those premises.
Explanation- tells you why something happened.
Argument- tells you why you should believe something.
• Arguments have something to prove; explanations do not.
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• A position opens in your department at work. You recommend to a coworker and friend in another department that she should apply. You previously consulted with this person on small projects, and she appears knowledgeable and responsible. In fact, you became friends through these work contacts. Your friend appreciates your recommendation and arranges a meeting to ask you more details about the work done by your department. The meeting is productive, and your friend takes notes to help with the application process. Your friend stops by your desk a few days later to thank you for your help, because the application was long and detailed. She confides that some of the information she included on the application is not entirely accurate. Some of her work experience did not match the job requirements and needed to be reworded for a better fit. Your friend thanks you again and says, “I hope we’ll be working together soon!”
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1. Is she qualifying enough for this position?
2. Why did she did not tell truth on the application?
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5 out of 5 points
Correct
California condors are rapidly disappearing. This bird is a California condor. Therefore, this bird should disappear any minute now.
Answer
Selected Answer:
Division
Correct Answer:
Division
Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Correct
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Answer
Selected Answer:
Either/Or fallacy
Correct Answer:
Either/Or fallacy
Question 3
5 out of 5 points
Correct
Of course animals have rights. Just look at how powerless they are in comparison with modern humans.
Answer
Selected Answer:
Circular reasoning
Correct Answer:
Circular reasoning
Question 4
5 out of 5 points
Correct
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Answer
Selected Answer:
Slippery slope
Correct Answer:
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Question 5
5 out of 5 points
Correct
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Quiz
1. A = Valid
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All philosophers are poor
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2. A – iv
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